Privacy Policy

📅 Last updated: September 17, 2026⏱ 8 min read

This Privacy Policy describes how MouseTestHQ ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit mousetesthq.com (the "Site"). We take your privacy seriously and aim to collect the minimum data necessary to operate the Site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

• Contact form submissions: If you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message content.
• Voluntary emails: Information you include when emailing us directly.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Analytics data: Pages viewed, referring URL, browser type, screen size, country/city (approximate), and timestamps. We use Plausible Analytics or Google Analytics 4 depending on configuration. Both services anonymize IP addresses.
• Log data: Standard web server logs (IP address truncated, user agent, requested URL, status code). Retained for 30 days for security and debugging.
• Cookies: See Section 4 below.

1.3 Information That Never Leaves Your Browser

• Best CPS score: Stored in your browser's localStorage. Never transmitted to our servers.
• Theme preference: Stored in localStorage. Never transmitted.
• Cookie consent status: Stored in localStorage. Never transmitted.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the Site and our tools.
• Respond to your inquiries when you contact us.
• Detect and prevent abuse, security incidents, and fraud.
• Comply with legal obligations.
• Display advertising through Google AdSense (with your consent where required).

3. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)

For visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal bases for processing personal data are:

• Consent — for cookies and advertising.
• Legitimate interests — for analytics in aggregate form, and for security.
• Contract — when responding to inquiries.
• Legal obligation — to comply with applicable laws.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

4.1 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Some are necessary for the site to function; others are optional.

4.2 Cookies We Use

4.3 Ad Tracking and Personalization

Google AdSense, our advertising partner, uses cookies to:

• Deliver ads relevant to your interests (if personalized ads are enabled).
• Frequency-cap ads so you don't see the same ad repeatedly.
• Measure ad performance.
• Build aggregate reports for advertisers.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or use our cookie consent banner to reject non-essential cookies.

4.4 How to Control Cookies

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Browser-specific cookie management guides:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

5. Third-Party Services

We share information with the following categories of third parties:

• Google AdSense — advertising delivery. Privacy policy.
• Google Analytics 4 or Plausible Analytics — aggregate usage statistics. Google's privacy policy · Plausible's data policy.
• Amazon Associates — affiliate network. Privacy notice.
• Formspree (or similar) — contact form processing. Privacy policy.
• Hosting provider (e.g., Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages) — for serving the Site.

These third parties may collect IP address, user agent, and other identifiers necessary for their services to function. We do not control how third parties use this data; their privacy practices govern.

6. Data Retention

• Server logs: 30 days.
• Analytics data: 14 months (Google Analytics default) or until consent is withdrawn.
• Contact form submissions: until the inquiry is resolved, plus up to 24 months for record-keeping.
• Email correspondence: up to 36 months.

7. Your Rights

7.1 GDPR (EEA / UK)

If you are in the EEA or UK, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure ("right to be forgotten").
• Restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
• Data portability in a machine-readable format.
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior lawful processing.
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

7.2 CCPA / CPRA (California)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use, share, or sell.
• Delete personal information we have collected.
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. (We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration; however, sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising may be considered a "sale" under CCPA. You may opt out via our cookie banner or the Global Privacy Control.)
• Limit the use of sensitive personal information.
• Non-discrimination for exercising your rights.

7.3 How to Exercise Your Rights

Email privacy@mousetesthq.com. We respond within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling the request.

8. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA/UK). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a child, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

9. International Data Transfers

MouseTestHQ is operated from the United States. If you visit the Site from outside the U.S., your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the U.S. and other countries where our service providers operate. By using the Site, you consent to such transfers. Where required, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers from the EEA/UK to the U.S.

10. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect your information:

• HTTPS/TLS encryption for all data in transit.
• Minimal data collection — we don't store what we don't need.
• Restricted access to any data we do store.

No security measure is perfect. If you discover a vulnerability, please report it to security@mousetesthq.com — we appreciate responsible disclosure.

11. Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control

We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. When we detect a GPC header from your browser, we treat it as a request to opt out of "sale" / "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we revise the "Last updated" date at the top. If changes are material, we will notify you via a banner on the Site or (where you have provided an email) by email.

13. Contact

Questions about this policy? Contact us at: